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the causes which co-operated in creating scarcity of
water or partial failure of the supply in the case of the
Lambeth Company were of the same character as
those which produced a similar result in the case of
the Grand Junction, the Kent, and the Southwark and
Vauxhall Water Companies.
water Supply. On the invitation of the Kensington Vestry,
the Board appointed Messrs. Lidiard, Ennis, and
Hare their representatives at a Conference on the
subject of promoting legislation for bringing the undertakings
of the Water Companies under the supervision
and inspection, with powers of regulation, of a central
body representing the ratepayers.
The following resolutions (the first one proposed
as an amendment by the representatives of this Board)
were agreed to by the Conference, viz.:—
1.—That in the opinion of this Conference of Metropolitan Local
Authorities it is desirable that any legislation dealing with the water
supply of the Metropolis should be in the direction of the passing of
an Act which shall provide for the constitution of a Water Trust to
consist of persons to be elected by the London County Council, the
Corporation of London, the Thames Conservancy, and the Sanitary
Authorities north and south of the Thames within the area of Greater
London, referred to in the Report of the Royal Commission of 1893,
which Water Trust shall have all powers necessary for the purchase,
control, and management of the water supply within such water area.
2.—That in the interests of the Metropolis it is expedient that
Her Majesty's Government should forthwith promote legislation for
the carrying out of the proposal indicated in the foregoing resolution,
and for the creation of the necessary Authority.
3.—That a copy of the resolutions passed by the Conference be
forwarded to the Prime Minister, to the President of the Local
Government Board, to the London County Council, and to the
several Vestries and District Boards of the Metropolis.
The St. Marylebone Vestry also convened a Conference,
at which this Board was represented by Messrs.
Dunkley and Lidiard, to consider whether the exist-
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